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ATTEVEIGN RXRESTED: PUYRuCAGS/NUUEE. Oy
1. &m O April 192, (Zose Antonio Sacurn!. das

‘(ete “cue”}, born _

od G19 Meridian Ave., Apt. C-10] Mianl Seach, telesone [JE 2-26h1,| was
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2. Source safd that Curing the revelutica he v6 a menber of the

DR in the Univeraity af Nebana. After the revolution he vent to the
University of Orintie, Santiago de Ube, oo eventually become the DRE
chief for the city. In regerc. to bis fcrner. DR association he had no
operational leacs, clatning that oll contact with TR menbers ‘terminated
in 1959, and he knew no one who attalnec any stature in the Castro
Government. , :

3. As DRO chief for Seatlaco, the source claimed that he hal 50
members who he considered well organizes and capable of any type of
action. He caid that there were, and arc, oSner members, but he docs ¢-
not consider tuea in the same category with She Fe who ore organized. into
cells. Ie said cach cell has nine nen. There ave four cells Pree
University of Criente and tvo in the Ufgn ‘sehool. ~

kh. He said that he left Santiago in March 1962 and turned.the DRE
over to his deputy. He then vent to Rabane sat informed the DRE leader-
ship that the second in commend hal tekea over end he wes told that...
Vobana voulé initiate contact with the nev leater. (iéte: Since close
relations ere maintained by the JISMIAVE Stczion end the DRE, no attenpt
was made to press the source for nas ang aiaresses, ¢te., as this in-
formation can be obtained in subsequent outside cebricfings. The JMYAVS
Officer respensible for the DRE operational matters was inforne ,
source's errival end processing.) : ee 4"

5. Source said that -at the tine he ists Santiago, the ,
the Catholic student organization was trying to make contact with the .
DRE and he believes that by this tine tis ecntact.has been made.- . He
said thet. the DRE member vio was following this matter, and wh would
follow through, was ea blinc person. Co .

6. Listing tke: arms and supplies in the possessicn of the. DRE in
Sentiago, the source said that it nas about 5-c peuncs of plastic remain-
ing out of a shipment of 20 pounds which was received fron the DRE in
Habana. Ee ssid the DRE in Sentiago placed vex>s in places where the
: expiosion would not injure enyone. As fer as arms are concerned the
source said thet the DRE in Santiago has tea '§ caliber pistols; five
a ‘ 36 caliber pistols; one H-3} and one Torker” pune :

7. The source furnished the following MUNVEE-t:pe information:

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a. MMe cata that his fatier is in {atl ia Puerto Boniato,.
ané that {n order to try and get hin free, thé source went to sce Kafor |
Delernino “Anibal” Castilla, the chief of training for the Patna Soriano
Military Yacaxqnent, whom he knew froa their days in the Santiago High
Sehool. Source sade his plea ba “Anibal” told hia that before he could
act upon it, he would have to tedk to the source for five hours in order
to determine his political orientation. The source: replied taat: he odd
not cone to talk politics but to pieced for his father.» "Anibal" |
ancwered that he vould think ebout i$ and call the. source one. Bd ‘oF
another, but he never called. Source thought that this story: ae
ly demonstrated the’ (Comantst) political orientation of "Anibal.

bs ‘The Drother of "Antbal” (pera 6a above) ts "Dertico”
Castilla, first name possibly Alberto. [Me resigned froa the arny ana
is now living in Santiego, but the source is not clear on "Bertico! a"
political orientation. i

c. Flectra Fernandes, the vife of Mendez Ceninche (the
Sentiago C-2 chief), is no longer the civil head (comf{astonado) ‘of
Santiago. Ghe is now the Fresicens am the Fecerecion ce Jiujeres -Subanas.,

ae _ @. The seuree has given a complete military nap of. Orien

Province to the DRE member he left in charge of Santiago DRE (see:
pe qabove). Information is: passed fron Sentiaco to the DRE in Habana
Mi Ai we ” *the latter, in turn, is to forwerd te int forantion: to the States.

e. Source said that his centacts wio work in Hicaro report: -
N . that the Nicaro-Mayari Arriba aren {ts restricted and thet > unknowa a ty
of nilitary installations ore being constructed.

' " f, ° The foreign instructors in the University. of Oriente ‘con-"
sist of Czechs and Chileans. ‘Tze Creches have sterted a nev medical .
sehool in the university end the Ciileans. have taken: over the Business

Adcinistration Courses. oo

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